Sources – Vikings KB JJ McCarthi expected to miss 2-4 weeks

Tags, children. – JJ McCarthiStar-crossed NFL career took another row on Monday when seemingly disappeared ankle skin diagnosed as a tall coal that would negotiate him two to four weeks, the sources said ESPN Adam Schefter.

Backup Carson VentzWikings are expected to sign 24. August, it is expected to start in the game of weeks against Cincinnati BengalsToward coach Kevin O’Connell. He was currently O’Connell, the Vikings do not believe that McCarthi should be put on a short-term injured reserve.

Unsured Newbie Max Brochure will be higher backups.

Vikings and is likely to be without running Aaron Joneswhich has a lower leg injury and monitor the status of semi-dozens other veterans that were injured early this season.

“Obviously heavy news there,” O’Connell said, “so we cut our jobs.”

Immediately concerns McCarthi, number 1024 draft 2024. year that missed all their Rookie season due to a stress meniscus in the right knee. He dropped only 41 passages and played only 95 shots in the first place, and during which he put together the second lowest KBR (20.1). At the very least, the injury will continue to push the development, the Vikings committed their season to take.

“They’re crashing,” O’Connell said, because you only want it to be an everyday process of activating each aspect of development and learning. “

O’Connell said the injury occurred late in the third quarter of a 22-6 Loss on Atlanta Falcons Sunday night. In the second and 20, McCarthi crashed for 16 meters down the left page before he was resolved behind the falcon, Falcons Linebacker Kaden Elliss.

The Vikingi “Blue Tent was busy at the time, said O’Connell, so the athletic coaches rated McCarthy and eventually applied an extra level of athletic strip over his bed, but a lot of painful pain.

With the exception of the fourth quarter at 1. The week, it produced three Touchdowns in 27-24 win returns over Chicago BearsMcCarthy was largely struggling. This season, twisted the two-intercepts, and they also take nine bags, and its 3.35 second average per throwing – highest in the NFL – indicates that he holds the ball while trying to decipher the NFL defense.

O’Connell, however, said that the decision was to stay not based on performance.

“Not at all,” O’Connell said. “In fact, it was a pretty crush this morning. Look, for JJ, it’s in a long process, and as a team, I think it’s a little bit on the offensive side – this is a purely medical based on which we are currently dealing with.”

Meanwhile, in the meantime, it was at its sixth team in as many seasons and did not go to the training camp this summer. The Vikings entered the camp with Veteran Hovell Sam Behind McCarthi, but after a trembling camp, Hovell traded Philadelphia Eagles and he reached for ventza. Has some experience in similar offensive schemes, which served as a backup for Sean McVay’s Los Angeles Rams 2023 years and took the previous Thursday Thursday in the first team when McCarthi missed the practice to join his fiancée as she gave birth to the son of a married couple, Rome.

“He was really impressive last week,” O’Connell about Godz said. “The type of step, you felt better presence in the command. He was really smart, a guy who played a lot of football where he felt very comfortable in this last two weeks to go to a football game. And now he will get a week of preparation.”

In addition to McCarthi and Jones, the Vikings could also be without the center Ryan Kelly and left accessories Justin SculleThey both entered the motor earthquake protocol on Sunday night. The team is waiting for the news of the four other key veterans – left accessories Christian Darrisav (knee), security Harrison Smith (Personal Health Question) Linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel (Earthquake protocol) and a corner Jeff Teaches (Earthquake protocol).